Supporting means for hammocks



B. B. ENGLANDER. SUPPORTING MEANS Foa HAMMocKs.

APPLICATION FILEDJUNES,1916.

Patented Nov, 2, 1920.

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UNITED STATES l` PATENT oFFIcE.

BENJAMIN B. ENGLANDER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ENGLANDER SPRING BEI) COMPANY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SUPPORTING MEANS FOR HAMMOCKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application led June 15, 1916. Serial N0. 103,739.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN B. Ens- LANDER, a citizen of the United States, res1ding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting Means for Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hammocks of that general class known as couch hammocks, it more particularly relating, however` to the means for supporting such hammocks, the object of the invention being to provide an improved means for supporting this style of hammock whereby the wear and tear on the canvas or fabric ends is avoided and the danger of tearing or ripping such canvas ends entirely eliminated, while the hammock isV supported in a very efficient, simple and inexpensive manner.

A further object of this invention is the provision of improved supporting means for couch bed hammocks whereby the strain and weight will be not only carried directly by the supporting means and not by the fabric ends of the hammock as is the usual practice, but whereby also in one form thereof the hammock may have considerable resiliency or spring action, ina'ddition to `that which is usually present when the bottom thereof is made up of a woven fabric or springs.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure l illustrates a hammock supporting tripod, and a couch hammock supported thereon by this improved supporting means, a part of the hammock bottom being broken away more clearly to illustrate the improvement; and Fig. 2 is an end view of one form of this hammock supporting means.

Similar characters of reference-indicate corresponding parts in the several gures or the drawings.

The tripod 2 may be of any suitable form,

and the hammock 3 comprises the usual bot# Y tom or seat l formed in any suitable way and usually comprising a metal spring upon which rests a suitable stuied mattress or seat 4, the spring bottom being carried by suitable transverse angle irons 4 connected in any suitable manner. The hammock is provided with a folding back 5 having folding ends 6 which back and ends are usually of canvas or duck or any other suitable fabric and are reinforced at their upper edges by end bars or spreaders 7, and by a rear or. back spreader 8 having a hinge 9. rlhe lower edges of the ends and back may be connected to the bottom Vin any suitable manner and are usually detachable therefrom, and for that purpose may be provided with suitable hooks or a hook carrying bar 9 to hook under the angle iron transverse bars 4 of the bottom. f

The foregoing description is of a hammock well known on the market and therefore a more detailed description thereof is deemed unnecessary. i

It has been the practice, however, to support hammocks of this general class by chains connected with the end spreader bars at the ends thereof so that the support for the bottom of the hammock consists solely of the canvas ends extending down from the spreader bars 7 to such bottom. The resultL has been that these canvas ends received the strain and weight of the occupants of the hammock and not only is there considerable wear and tear thereon, but they frequently tear under such weight, especially when'` the canvas has become weakened, owing tow the action of the elements and frequent use. Not only this, but by reason of the fact that the supporting Vchains have been connected to theends of the spreader bars 7 the weight on the structure frequently causes these bars to buckle, as the tendency ofthe supporting chains is to straighten into the shortest distance between the link at the top and the seat of the couch. The present improvement supports the hammock in such manner that not only may the hammock be removed. from the supporting means quickly and readily, but the strain upon the canvas or fabric ends is entirely removed so that the hammock is supported directly at its bottom while at the same time the supporting means also maintains the canvas ends properly stretched, and the tendency of the end spreader bars to buckle is largely avoided.

In the present improvement a pair of supporting chains l0 are provided at each end supported in the usual manner by the tripod,

which constitutes the fixed points of sup- 1 5 port. They lower ends of these supporting chains are provided with hooks l1 adapted to detachably pass into openings l2 inside of or back from the ends of each spreader` bar 7 so that the most direct line of support 110 Athe length of said upper cables.

practicable is obtained. Detachably con- .nected with these hooks ll and extending downwardly therefrom are a pair of supple mental chains 13 hooked into' the end supports or angle bars carrying the spring bottom or seat of the hammock, so that the hammock seat is supported directly from its bottoni through the medium of the two sets of chains at each end, thus Veliminating'.

the weight and strain coming upon the canvasV ends, while eachk pair of chains l()l Vupper links of the lower set of chains so that as stated the entire strain ofthe seatY is practically in a direct line from'thc tripod.

In order to give increased resiliency and s drin@ action to the hammock theu 3 3er set of chains is'provided with coil springs 20 located intermediate-of their ends and this feature increases the comfort of the hammock materially.

l claim as my invention 1'- l. 'fr hammock having a bottoni `and fabric ends provided with spreader bars at `their upper ends, two pair of cables at each end adapted to vbe suspended at their pper ends at their point of convergence from a .point above the hammock and connected at their lower ends directly to the hammock bottom, the cables of each pair being directly connected together atV one side oftlie'face of the spreader bar and independently of said spreader bar, the upper cables of the two pair having hooks at their lower ends adapted to passthrough openings in the spreader bar, the construction being such that the weight on the bottom is directly transmitted to and is carried by the upper cables and not by the fabric ends, and ,coiled springs located in 2. A hammock `having a bottomV and upper ends, twopair of cablescat each end adapted to be suspended at their upper ends at their point of'convergence from a point above the hammock and connected at their fabric', ends provided with spreader bars at their lowerends directly to the hammock bottom, theupper cables ofthe two pair having at their lower ends coiled springs terminating vin hooks adapted to pass through openings in the spreader bar land the lower cables of the two pair being connected directly to said hooks at one side of the face of the spreader bar and independently of said spreader bar, the construction being such that the weight on the bottom is directly transmitted to and is carriedby the upper cables' and not by the fabric ends; i

3.- A hammock having a'bottonifand fabric ends provided with spreader bars at their upper ends, two pair of cables at each end adapted to be suspended'. at their upper ends l at f their point `of Vconvergence fromV a point above the hammock and connected at their lower ends directly to the hammock bottom,

theupper cables of the two pair having at their lower ends coiled springs terminating in hooks adaptedV to'pass through openings in the spreader bar and thelower cables of thetwo pair being connected directlyto said hooks at one side of the faceof the spreader bar and independently of said spreader bar, the construction vbeing such that the weight onthe bottoni'is directly transmitted to andA is carried by the upper cables and not by the fabric ends', said .hooks having a detachable connection withitheA spreader bar away from the ends of said spreader bar, and the lower cables being located in substantial VparallelismV from the spreader bar to the bottom of theV hammock.

4t. A hammock having a bottom and fabric ends provided with spreader bars at their upper ends, two pair of cables at each end adapted tobe suspended at their upper ends at their point of convergence from a point above the hammock Vand connected at their lower ends directly to the hammock bottom, means connectingY the cables of each pairat onerside of the face of the spreader barand independently of'said spreader bar and attachable to the side of thel spreader bar whereby the weight on the bottoni is directly transmitted toand is carriedV by the 'cables and not. by the fabric ends or the spreader bar, and a coiled spring located in the length' of each upper cable of each pair.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this 14th day of June, 1.916. n

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